"Since Master Gongxi is so generous, it would be unreasonable for me to refuse to agree." Shi Mu took the red token, checked it, nodded, and said:
With that said, he turned over his hand and took out the Fire Crown Demon Snake Demon Pill and handed it to the old man in black robe.
The old man in black robe took the demon pill as if he had found a treasure, and looked at it carefully, with excitement clearly visible in his eyes.
After a moment, he took a deep breath, looked at Shi Mu, cupped his hands and said:
"Fellow Taoist Shi, you've had a hard journey, so please take a rest here. I'll excuse you for now."
"Deacon Wan, please greet Fellow Taoist Shi for me. From now on, he will be the honored guest of our Immortal Fire Residence." The old man in black robe ordered the middle-aged man in red robe, and then walked quickly outside, as if for an instant
I don't want to delay either.
The middle-aged man in red robe quickly agreed, then turned around and said:
"Fellow Taoist Shi, do you want to take a short rest here? I will take you to see the lava pool in the afternoon?"
"Deacon Wan, if you have time, you might as well take him down now to have a look." Shi Mu said.
"Of course, Fellow Taoist Shi, please." The middle-aged man in red robe said, walking outside first.
The two quickly walked out of the Immortal Fire Residence and walked towards the black mountain peak in the center of the city.
"The black flame mountain in the city is connected to hundreds of active volcanoes in this area through underground fire veins, continuously providing fire spirit energy to the lava pools on the mountain." The middle-aged man in red robe walked towards the stone.
Mu explained.
"I see." Shi Mu looked at the black mountain peaks getting closer and closer in front of him, and nodded thoughtfully.
The two of them quickly arrived near the black mountain peak while chatting without a word.
Looking from a distance before, this black mountain peak didn't look very tall, but now, standing at the foot of the mountain, I found that the mountain was also two to three hundred feet high, and it looked majestic and majestic.
Approaching the mountain peak, you can still vaguely hear a rumbling sound coming from somewhere on the mountain, as if something inside is constantly impacting the mountain.
The middle-aged man in red robe led Shi Mu to the entrance of a main hall at the foot of the mountain without stopping.
There was a guard at the entrance of the hall, but when they saw the red-robed middle-aged man and Shi Mu, they did not stop them and allowed them to go in.
The two walked through the main hall and came to a black passage.
The black passage was quite long. The two walked forward for a while, and there was a fork in the passage. There was a faint red light coming from the front of the fork, as well as some voices of people talking and the sound of knocking.
"There are more than a hundred lava pools on the Black Flame Mountain. In principle, they all belong to the City Lord's Mansion. However, the City Lord's Mansion only retains one-tenth of them, and the rest are rented out based on years of bidding. This is the Red Flame City.
The most precious resource. At present, nearly one-fifth of this place has been rented by our Fairy Fire Residence, and most of it has been transformed into weapon refining workshops. There is a lava pool there, which is now the No. 1 workshop of our Fairy Fire Residence.
" said the middle-aged man in red robe.
There was some curiosity in Shi Mu's eyes, and he really wanted to go and visit, but the weapon refining workshop was the core secret of a weapons shop, and outsiders like him were not allowed to go there.
The two continued to move forward, with forks appearing on both sides of the passage from time to time. After a while, they arrived at the bottom of the black passage.
There is a black stone door several feet tall. The light is shining on it, obviously there are restrictions. The two characters "Nineteen" are engraved in the center of the door.
"Brother Shi, you can use that token to open the restrictions here." The middle-aged man in red robe said.
Upon hearing this, Shi Mu took out the red token, injected it with real energy, and waved it towards the stone door.
The token flashed, and a ray of light flew out and hit the stone door.
A burst of white light suddenly appeared on the stone door, rotating rapidly, and dissipated after a moment.
The stone door made a few muffled rattles and slowly opened, revealing a smaller black passage, and a hot breath rushed in.
"The lava pool is underground." The middle-aged man in red robe said and walked in.
The two walked into the stone door and continued along the black passage. The black passage spiraled toward the underground. Not long after, an underground space of more than twenty feet appeared in front of them.
The entire underground space was shrouded in red light, and the walls on the ground showed a red color, emitting a red light that made it difficult to open the eyes.
Runes were carved into the walls and the ground, forming a huge formation.
In the center of the underground space is a pool several feet in size, surrounded by eight white pillars.
The inside of the pool was filled with rolling red magma, with bubbles popping up from time to time, surging and rolling.
The magma surges violently from time to time and seems to rise into the sky.
But at this moment, a layer of white light will emerge from the eight white pillars around the pool, condensing into a light shield to block the magma back.
The fire attribute concentration in the entire underground space is extremely abundant, it is extremely hot, and the air you breathe makes your throat feel hot.
"This is the lava pool. What do you think, Fellow Taoist Shi?" said the middle-aged man in red robe.
Shi Mu looked around the entire underground stone chamber, feeling the fire attribute aura here, nodded, and said with satisfaction flashing in his eyes:
"Not bad, better than I expected."
"As long as Fellow Daoist Shi is satisfied," the middle-aged man in red robe said with a smile.
He then took out a white jade slip from his body and handed it to Shi Mu.
"This jade slip records some prohibitions on the lava pool. Fellow Taoist, take a closer look at it later, which will help you use this place in the future." The middle-aged man in red robe said.
"Thank you, Steward Wan." Shi Mu took the jade slip and said.
"If Fellow Daoist Shi has nothing else to do, I'll take my leave now," said the middle-aged man in red robe.
"Deacon Wan, walk slowly." Shi Mu cupped his hands and said.
The middle-aged man in red robe cupped his fists and returned the salute, then turned and walked out.
Shi Mu put the jade slip against his forehead and penetrated it with his spiritual consciousness. After half an hour, he opened his eyes, but the expression on his face became a little uncertain.
He quickly walked to the eight pillars next to the lava pool, squatted down next to one pillar, and tapped it twice with his hand.
The pillar opened a window-like lattice in response, and inside was a circular stone trough.
In the stone trough is a circular magic circle, with seven or eight middle-grade spiritual stones inserted on it, and the magic circle is humming.
Shi Mu closed the stone pillar window grid, came to another pillar, and turned on the mechanism. The situation inside was the same.
After a while, Shi Mu looked at all eight pillars, his expression was gloomy, and after a moment he shook his head and sighed.
From the jade slips, he learned about the forbidden formation of this lava pool, called the Eight-door Spirit Gathering Formation. Its protective and restraining abilities are extremely powerful, so it can gather fire-attributed spiritual energy on the one hand, and suppress the lava pool on the other to prevent it.
Erupt.
But to maintain this powerful formation, a lot of spiritual stones are consumed. According to what is said on the jade slip, eighty middle-grade spiritual stones are consumed every month.
Setting up the Yinghuo Formation also requires a lot of consumption, and there are other expenses for practicing the Nine Revolutions Xuan Gong. Although he has a lot of spiritual stones, it can't last long.
Shi Mu stood here for a moment longer, then turned around and walked out of the lava pool.
He left Black Flame Mountain, set up his Green Wing Speedster, and flew towards Yu Yi's residence.
Suddenly, Shi Mu glanced at Cai'er on his shoulder and frowned slightly.
Since returning from Shiwan Volcano, Cai'er has been listless and looked groggy. It was rare that she didn't say a word along the way.
"Cai'er, what's wrong with you? Looking at you, are you feeling a little uncomfortable?" Shi Mu raised his shoulders.
Cai'er opened her half-closed eyes, glanced at Shi Mu, and shook her head.
"Could it be that he inhaled the miasma in Shiwan Volcano!" Shi Mu suddenly thought of something and asked quickly.
"No, I just feel a little tired. I should be fine after taking a rest." Cai'er said.
Shi Mu pointed his finger at the top of Cai'er's head, inputting a stream of true energy into her body, and after checking it, found no signs of miasma poisoning, and he was relieved.
"Okay, you take a rest." Shi Mu waved his sleeves and put Cai'er into his sleeves. The Green Wing Speedster flashed with light and sped up.
After a while, he arrived at Yu Yi's residence.
"Brother Shi, you're back! Did your trip to the volcano go well?" As soon as Shi Mu landed, Yu Yi came out to greet him and asked with a smile.
"I encountered some accidents, but I finally got back the demon elixir of the Fire Crown Demon Snake as promised. Gongxi has rented the lava pool to me." Shi Mu said.
"Really? Congratulations to Brother Shi." Yu Yi smiled.
Shi Mu smiled, took out a jade slip and handed it to Yu Yi, saying:
"Brother Yu, I have some things I want to buy here. You are more familiar with Chiyan City than I am. Please help me see where I can buy these things."
The jade slips contain the materials needed to practice the Nine Transformations Mysterious Technique, some fire-attribute elixirs, and materials needed to set up the Yinghuo Array.
Yu Yi took the jade slip and penetrated it with his spiritual consciousness. However, after looking at it for a moment, his brows furrowed. It took a full quarter of an hour before he withdrew his spiritual consciousness. After a moment of pondering, he said:
"The things Brother Shi wants to buy are quite rare. Those fire-attribute elixirs have some connections here, but the Fire Gang Stone is sold somewhere else. This item seems to be a kind of fire from the eastern part of the Saihe Continent.
Attribute ore, this type of ore is not produced near Shiwan Volcano."
When Shi Mu heard this, his brows suddenly wrinkled.
Without the Huogang Stone, the Yinghuo Array cannot be arranged.
"Brother Shi, there's no need to be anxious. I don't know much about it. You might be able to find Huogang Stone in some large shops." Yu Yi said hurriedly.
"I hope so." Shi Mu sighed and said.
"As for the elixirs Brother Shi needs, I'll leave them with you. Within three days at most, I will definitely buy the amount Brother Shi needs." Yu Yi patted his chest and assured.
"This matter is Shi's private matter. I have already troubled Brother Yu too much these days. How can I let you do things for me again? Brother Yu only needs to tell me where I can buy the elixir immediately." Shi Mu said.
"It's just a trivial matter. Brother Yu, there's no need to be polite to me. I'll leave the matter of the elixir to me." Yu Yi said with a smile.
"Okay, then I'll trouble Brother Yu." Shi Mu hesitated for a moment, nodded, took out a small cloth bag, handed it to Yu Yi, and then said:
"There are 30,000 spiritual stones in here. There should be some leftover after buying the elixir. It can be regarded as a small thank you gift from me." (To be continued.)